CrowdStrike Announces Global Partnership with Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport to Protect the Formula One Team in the Paddock and Beyond

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Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport will use CrowdStrike’s technology platform, CrowdStrike Falcon®, and services at their facility in Brackley in Northamptonshire, UK and onsite at race and testing days around the world. “Formula One is a highly data-intensive sport – and winning teams know that by leveraging and protecting vast amounts of critical data they can create a true competitive advantage,” said George Kurtz, chief executive officer and co-founder at CrowdStrike. CrowdStrike Falcon solves these challenges by enabling critical threat protection by immediate seamless deployments across thousands of endpoints - all via its native cloud architecture. “Formula One is a highly technical sport where Intellectual Property is fundamental to creating and sustaining competitive advantage,” said Toto Wolff, team principal and chief executive officer, Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport. Formula One is a uniquely demanding technical and human challenge, requiring the right alchemy of cutting-edge technologies, high-performance management and elite teamwork to deliver results at 21 Grands Prix around the globe in a race season running from March to December.

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